William "Bill" Shemorry, managing editor of the Williams County Farmers Press of Williston, North Dakota, receiving an Honor Award Citation from Lewis A. Vincent, General Manager of the National Board of Fire Underwriters. Both men are wearing...

A letter to Corinne Shemorry with a drawing of a cartoon horse and a quick note about a long ride on a horse from Bill Shemorry during his time in China with the 164th Signal Photo Company during World War II.

"Members of the Williston Desk & Derrick Club are shown through the Signal Gas Plant at Tioga." "If the men who ran the oil industry in the Williston Basin, back in 1955, ever needed a hand with any of their plans or projects, they had a...

People sitting in an auditorium at a political meeting to listen to Senator Gerald Prentice Nye in Williston, North Dakota on Saturday, Oct 14. either in 1933, 1939 or 1944. Gerald Prentice Nye was a Senator from North Dakota and served from 1925...

Corinne Shemorry sits on the right in the photograph, with Gay Shemorry, her daughter, seated on the floor near the Christmas tree. The woman in the background is likely John Jacob Shemorry's wife, Juanita. The group is at the W. H. Shemorry home...

Letter from Bill Shemorry to Denise Brale about family history, specifically Dan Pasonault and Shemorry's friendship with J.E. Pasonault and interest in photographs. Shemorry also included a brief biography of himself.

A visiting aviator from Alaska brought these trinkets and explained their significance to Corinne Shemorry. Jewelry, a doll, and carved fish, a polar bear, and hair clips can all be seen in this photograph.

Three men wearing hard hats and work clothes working on an oil well drilling rig doing a Silurian test overlooking Lake Sakakawea Texaco No. 3, Amerada, government, Dorough location in McKenzie County, N.D. in 1967.

"The first meeting of the Williston Desk & Derrick Club is photographed in January, 1954." "If the men who ran the oil industry in the Williston Basin, back in 1955, ever needed a hand with any of their plans or projects, they had a strong and...

"If the men who ran the oil industry in the Williston Basin, back in 1955, ever needed a hand with any of their plans or projects, they had a strong and efficient organization ready and willing to pitch in. This was the Desk and Derrick Club,...

A group of children, likely from 4-H, walk down Main Street in the Williston Oil discovery day celebraton parade. An automobile with a trailer full of hay leads children on foot carrying posters. The Beauty Nook, Liberty Shoe Shop, Club News Stand,...

A view of several of the guests of honor at the Williston Oil discovery day celebraton banquet. Shemorry's discovery photograph hangs on the wall and a podium and microphone are visible on the left in the photograph.

A tractor pulls a man on a wooden sled past spectators on Main Street in the Williston Oil discovery day celebraton parade. A banner hangs from the side of the tractor which reads "Larson Motor & Imp. Co. Your Allis Chalmers & Studebaker Dealer."...

A view of several of the guests of honor at the Williston Oil discovery day celebraton banquet. Shemorry's discovery photograph hangs on the wall and a podium and microphone are visible on the left in the photograph.

An oil tanker drives down Main Street in the Williston Oil discovery day celebraton parade. The Beauty Nook, Liberty Shoe Shop, Club News Stand, and the American State Bank are all visible in this photograph.

A view of the guests of honor at the Williston Oil discovery day celebraton banquet. Shemorry's discovery photograph hangs on teh wall and a KGCX radio station banner hangs from the podium near the microphone.